Taste: Dark fruits, plum and raisin, figs, sweet malts, some caramel. Hints of nutmeg and ginger. A slight sourness going on. Lingering chocolatey finish. Plenty of interesting flavors going on. The beer is a tad sweet with a little bit of a boozey presence, and I think one pour is certainly enough, but still enjoyable.

Mouthfeel: Slick mouthfeel, medium-full body with very very soft carbonation. Some booze, but no burn. Interesting. Decent.

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Served on tap at the Elliott Bay Pizza & Pub in Mill Creek in a Duvel tulip.Appearance is dark brown smallish head. Take a basic Belgian Strong Dark Ale and spice it up for the holidays and you have 4 Calling Birds. Ginger on the nose and ginger in the taste. Sweet. Very sweet in the aftertaste that makes you aware of the upcoming holidays whether you're ready or not.A fantastic job in my opinion. A great seasonal that blows your typical winter warmer away. Buy this.By the way, the 11% ABV is well hidden so be careful with this one.

Dark brown with ruby edges and a thin khaki colored head--lines and dots of lacing left down the glass.

The best part of this beer is its aroma, and it's superb! This is one of the most successful "specialty" aromas I've experienced: fresh gingerbread cookies, cinnamon, brown bread, and all-spice. This reminds me, literally, of my grandmother's Persimmon cookies she bakes every Christmas.

The flavor is disappointing after such a wonderful aroma. The ginger/bread is quite muted, and while still tasty, the flavors seem hollow and lacking: brown bread, a touch of spice, and a moderate level of bitterness.

Medium mouthfeel with ample carbonation, and zero alcohol presence. This beer does not drink like an 11% ABV beer.

A lovely Christmas ale. I can't wait to open a bottle of this on a cold night.

S- Ginger spice, dark fruit, nutmeg, vanilla and raisin. You can smell the booze but the sweet dark fruits and hot spice blend well with the alcohol heat.

T- Nice ginger spice with a sweet finish. I get some yams and vanilla as well as graham cracker. Some yeast and molasses lingers on the tongue. Dark fruit and booze generate the sweet back bone. Very good flavor and with age should be very good.

M- Medium- heavy carbonation, which for a Belgium style beer is expected, with a smooth flowing feel. For the high alcohol on this its rather easy to drink. I feel with age this one will become o so chewy.

O- A decent beer with lots to look forward to with age. I feel it was very creative for the style. I could only drink one of these although its rather approachable. I really look forward to drink an aged one.

This is a viscous, heavy black beer. A tan head almost a finger tall fades somewhat quickly but leaves a steady foam. Lacing is a little light, not quite patchy but almost and in a pretty good quantity.The nose is lightly spicy, both nutmeg/allspice and lightly peppery, with a heavy molasses note under a big malty foundation.The taste is heavy, not overly sweet but with a huge cloying molasses. Raisin is evident alongside the molasses and, not to disappoint, a light gingerbread flavor lies underneath. Spices pop up in the finish. The molasses really blankets some of the other flavors and makes it a sipper, also adding a touch of a metallic tint. With that and an accompanying anise note, it's hard to believe this isn't a doppelbock.This one feels as thick and viscous as it looks. There's only the very faintest crispness, but it flows smoothly. The only thing is that, for how this beer is constructed it should be thick but is extremely heavy.I like this beer, but it's a gentle sipper and probably needs to be split.

A: Pours a dark brown with some ruby highlights. A one finger, tan head forms upon pouring with decent retention. Some lacing forms briefly, but does not last.

S: Lots of holiday spices, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, and a lot of gingerbread. There is a little bit of Belgian yeast and some bready malt.

T: The gingerbread comes through on the flavor profile, not really cookie like, as some people had described it, but more like actual gingerbread. A little bit of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and chocolate.

M: Medium bodied with active carbonation, rather bubbly.

O: I was hoping for gingerbread cookies, and was slightly disappointed. I liked 4CB a good bit, but am fine drinking a bottle and saving the other. Not something I am going to run out and get more of. Will be interesting to see how it holds up.